The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
The Regular Monthly Meeting Held
Last Evening.

The regular monthly meeting of the
officers and teachers of the Sunday
schools of this Stake was held in the
socia' Hal, Monday evening, November
It'll. 1887, superintendent J. G. Cutler
presiding.
Opening prayer was offered by Elder
James T. Snarr.
The Opening, as well also as the clos
ing singing exercises were exceIlently
rendered by the school choir of the
Sixth Ward, led by Elder James H.
poulton.
All the city and four of the county
schools were represented.
The Sixth Ward Sunday school
furnished good part of the
programme. The first exercise
was the reading of an original
essay by Miss Josephine Reiser, on the
subject of Happiness" The subject
was handled in an interesting manner.
Elder James Poulton, in speaking
upon the subject of Conducting a
Primary Glass;" remarked that the
great difficulty IN successfully teaching
the little ones, was in adapting the in
strnction to their capacity. He had
learned that the best way to preserve
order was to keep them occupied in in
teresting lessons, which, when varied
frequently, not o1ly attracted the
little ones attention for the time being,
but LETT upon their minds lasting i'm
pressions for good. The speaker highly
enjoyed his labor in the primary class,
as the children take so much interest in
every lesson taught them. He related
many incidents connected with his
work, illustrating the capacity of the
little ones to learn and remember the
lessons taught them. A great help in
the work of teaching the principles of
the gospel, and incidents of sacred his
tory, were the charts gotten up
ture were more easily remem-
bered by the children.
The congregation sang the hymn
Zion prospers, ali is well
Elder Hugh Watson gave an outline
OF the manner of conducting the exer-
cises OF the theological class of the Sixth
Ward school. Alter reading aGhapter
from the Scriptures, the members of
the class are encOura: ed to ask ques-
tons upon the first principles of the
gospel, but mysteries are avoided.
The congregation sang the hymn be
ginning, Zion stands with hills sur
rounded"
Assistant General Superintendent
George Goddard, in referring to the re-
marks made by the former speakers, re-
GREETED that every Sunday School
worker was not present to listen TO
them, as they were of the greatest i'm
portance to all. These meetings were
intended as an aid to all teachers and
officers in conducting the schools and
classes under their care. He urged the
Importance of holding teachers meet
Ings regularly every month, where sug-
gestions could be made for lettering the
schools.
Superintendent J. G. Cutler approved
of the plan of giving the children of
primary classes subject lessons for
study during the week. On the subse-
quent Sabbath the children would be
called upon to state some fact relating
to the life or history embodied in the
subject given for study. This plan had
been adopted with much success in the
Sixth Ward school.
Meeting adjourned to first Monday
evening in December, at o'clock. The
Seventh Ward school was requested to
furnish part of the programme of exer-
cises.
Benediction by Assistant Superin-
teDdent, David r. Lyon.
j. II. PARRY, Secretary.